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  • Air Force Research Laboratory

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was created in October 1997. The laboratory was formed through the consolidation of four former Air Force laboratories and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

  • Air Force Office of Special Investigations

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations provides professional investigative service to commanders of all Air Force activities. AFOSI identifies, investigates and neutralizes criminal, terrorist, and espionage threats to Air Force and Department of Defense personnel and resources.

  • Air Force Review Boards Agency

    The Air Force Review Boards Agency (AFRBA) was established to streamline the adjudication of military and civilian personnel matters through a number of statutory and secretarial boards. The Agency reports directly to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs

  • Air Force Distributed Common Ground System

    The Air Force Distributed Common Ground System, also referred to as the AN/GSQ-272 SENTINEL weapon system, is the Air Force’s primary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planning and direction, collection, processing and exploitation, analysis and dissemination weapon system.

  • Air Force Special Operations Command

    Air Force Special Operations Command was established May 22, 1990, with headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Florida. AFSOC is one of 10 major Air Force commands and the Air Force component of U.S. Special Operations Command, a unified command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

  • Air Force Logistics Management Agency

    The Air Force Logistics Management Agency, with headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base Gunter Annex, Ala., is a field operating agency that reports to the Director of Transformation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Joint Base Andrews, Md.

  • Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, located at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. is the Air Force independent test agency responsible for testing, under operationally realistic conditions, new systems being developed for Air Force and multi-service use.

  • Air Force Services Agency

    The Air Force Services Agency supports installations, major commands and the Air Staff by providing technical assistance, fielding new initiatives, developing procedures, and managing selected central support functions to ensure successful Services programs.

  • Air Force Petroleum Agency

    The Air Force Petroleum Agency is the service control point for all Defense Logistics Agency fuel-related support issues. The agency provides a full range of technical and professional services related to fuels, propellants, chemicals, lubricants, gases, and cryogenics for all aerospace vehicles,

  • Air Force Bands

    Air Force bands support the global Air Force mission by organizing, training and deploying professional musicians. The bands provide the power of music to inspire immediate, positive and long-lasting impressions of the U.S. Air Force and the United States in the hearts and minds of audiences

  • Air Force Personnel Center

    The Air Force Personnel Center, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, provides personnel services to Airmen worldwide.

  • BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target

    The BQM-167A is a high-performance, remotely-controlled subscale aerial target used to provide a threat-representative target drone to support the Air-to-Air Weapon System Evaluation Program and other Air Force and Department of Defense air-to-air test and evaluation programs.

  • Air Force Inspection Agency

    The Air Force Inspection Agency, headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is a Field Operating Agency that reports to the Secretary of the Air Force Inspector General.

  • Air Force Recruiting Service

    The mission of Air Force Recruiting Service is to inspire, engage and recruit the next generation of Airmen. AFRS recruits quality men and women from a cross-section of America, responsive to the ever-changing needs of the Air Force. The accession of a steady flow of new recruits is essential to

  • Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

    The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center serves as the single agency responsible for coordinating on-land federal SAR activities in the 48 contiguous United States, Mexico and Canada.

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